With Open Arms - A One Piece AU

A Blissful Passage - In Enies Lobby

Near the Gates of Justice, just minutes away from the Straw Hats escaping the Marines and Enies Lobby:

"Chief Spamdam, there appears to be a problem."

"Yes, I can see that, you don't have to tell me twice! Seriously, how could Rob Lucci lose, he was one of the best agents of CP9!"

"Looking past that, sir, it appears the Straw Hats have managed to fight off our forces, and if we don't do something soon, they could escape."

"Bah, let them try to escape, they don't even have a ship to do so, and most of their members have Devil Fruit powers, so they'll drown in the sea when provoked."

"But...Chief Spamdam, doesn't it worry you? I mean, the Straw Hats just declared war on the entire World Government. An act like this should not be seen as anything but a threat."

"Don't worry, those Straw Hats will be captured. I mean, look at them, they're getting pretty worn out from all that fighting. And their captain too, I mean, look at him just lying there. It will be easy to capture all of them in a pinch. We're the damn Marines, after all."

"Yeah, that is true, but... Chief Spamdam, you might want to look, it appears a strange mass has floated into the area."

"WHAT! HOW?! This place is impenetrable, there are battleships standing at every edge, how could something like THAT make it through."

"Uhm, Chief Spamdam, sir, it appears the Straw Hats have now jumped towards the mass. And it appears the Devil woman is using her powers to move Monkey D. Luffy on his own."

"Damn it all! Don't let those straw hats get away or I swear every one of you will be fired off the Marines FOR LIFE!"

"Prepare the cannons, shoot for the bridge, do it NOW, before those pirates get away!"

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A little while, after the Straw Hats escape the Buster Call battleships, and Spamdam gets his back broken by the "Devil Child" Nico Robin, Admiral Aokiji calls off the Marines, saying that this was a definite loss for them. A good four days later, the Straw Hats' bounty posters are sent out across the globe. Everyone sees them and, just as Granny Kokoro said, Straw Hat Luffy was now well-known across the globe, as the man with the 300 million berry bounty placed on his head. But you already know that, I bet, so let's mix things up a bit. I'll tell you a tale, no, an Adventure, of a girl who had found her spark because of those bounty posters. A tale of great hardship and sacrifice. This is the tale of Layla D. Jones!

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